Lava flows and lava fountain from the August 25 eruption of Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island.
Webcam capture - OBSERVATOIRE VOLCANOLOGIQUE DU PITON DE LA FOURNAISE
Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island has started erupting again---for the second time in the last two months. The small island in the Indian Ocean gained some notoriety after a piece of the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 washed up on its shores, but prior to that, it was really the volcanism from the aptly named Piton de la Fournaise ("Furnace Peak") for which Reunion was best known. As is typical for Piton de la Fournaise, a new fissure vent opened overnight after a brief period of earthquakes (likely caused by the magma making its way to the surface) and lava flows have been issues from the fissure ever since (see GIF below). A fairly impressive lava fountain is the source ...
